Am Sonntag, den 17.05.2009, 01:50 +0100 schrieb Ciaran McCreesh:
> On Sun, 17 May 2009 00:35:45 +0000 (UTC)
> Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> > As for ciaranm's argument that you're restricting changes to the
> > version string, say allowing -rc where _rc is now required, one-time
> > restriction of a year or two, yes.  However, if the spec is crafted
> > such that the EAPI must be checked FIRST
> 
> ...then the package manager has to inspect the metadata for every
> version of a package before it can do anything, rather than just
> starting at the best version and working downwards until it finds
> something usable, which is a pretty hefty price to pay.
> 

... if the cache can be parsed at all. With GLEP-55 we might even choose
to change the cache format.

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